Last week Assemblyman Travis Allen (R-Huntington Beach) announced his candidacy for Governor of California. Allen, a firebrand conservative, will no doubt be popular with grassroots conservative activists around the state. The irony is that Allen’s candidacy may end up being a reason why California voters may be choosing between two Democrats on their general election ballots.

There are two factors that, together, augur bad news for Allen, and other would-be GOP governors of the Golden State. Continue reading→

Former Assemblywoman Ling Ling Chang who was defeated by Josh Newman for the 29th Senate District last November, is priming for another run at him, if the recall effort against him is successful.

Chang will be joining Senate Republican Leader Patricia Bates at the Los Angeles County Republican Party Executive Committee meeting on Saturday, June 17th at 9:30 am to discuss the political landscape of the 29th District. Continue reading→

Campaign to Stop the Car & Gas Tax Hikes Submits First Batch of Signatures in Recall of Sen. Josh Newman

To trigger a recall election, California state initiative rules require the collection of over 63,500 signatures over six months. In a stunning show of grassroots support, the campaign to recall State Senator Josh Newman over his decisive vote to raise car and gas taxes is pleased to announce it has collected over half of what they need after only three weeks!

Over 35,000 signatures have been submitted to the Registrar of Voters’ offices of Orange, Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties – which cover Newman’s district. The campaign has actually collected far more signatures than submitted in the first three weeks, but the campaign takes the extra step of internally validating 100% of all signatures and has a significant backlog still awaiting review. State law encourages initiative campaigns to submit signatures in batches to expedite the state’s official review. Continue reading→

Senator Newman’s “District of Choice” Measure Passes out of State Senate

10,000 students statewide benefit from DOC program

Sacramento, CA – A bill to allow parents to continue to choose which school district to send their children to has passed the State Senate on a 36-1 vote. Senate Bill (SB) 52 extends the sunset date for the School District of Choice program to July of 2022. The program is set to end in July of this year.

“District of Choice helps to improve the quality of education in all of our local public schools,” said the bill’s author Senator Josh Newman. “This program allows parents to choose the school best suited for their child and in return helps schools be more responsive to students’ unique needs. District of Choice also results in more diverse campuses with more dynamic curriculum.” Continue reading→

Sacramento- On Thursday, April 6th Assembly Constitutional Amendment (ACA) 5, authored by Senator Josh Newman (D-Fullerton) and Assemblymember Jim Frazier (D-Discovery Bay) passed out of both houses of the Legislature. The measure will appear as a proposition on the next statewide election ballot, for citizen approval. Continue reading→